I may do all of those things within the same application. It depends on what
you're trying to do at the moment.
If you're using Saxon, for example, it's about as easy to apply an XPath to
a DOM as it is to apply an XSLT transform or XQuery to a yet-to-be-parsed
XML document.
For example, if you have an XML document and you need to extract stuff from
it, you can parse it to a DOM then use the DOM API to interrogate it. But
that can get tedious quickly.
I tend to find it easier and clearer in my code to construct the DOM and
then use Saxon to apply XPath expressions to it using the Saxon API.
If you need to literally transform the XML into another form then it's easy
to apply an XSLT. For some tasks can be clearer to delegate the heavy
lifting to XSLT to produce a new result DOM optimized for what you need then
use normal DOM access to get what you need.
JAXB can be useful for make XML data that directly supports your application
(e.g., configuration files) without the overhead of DOM or Xpath. But in
general JAXB will not be useful for operating on arbitrary XML or making
Java business objects from XML because it's translation from XML to objects
is too literal. I find it more effective to hand-code my business objects
and use XML as just one of many possible data sources for constructing them
(JSON or YAML might be better serialization options, for example).
Cheers,
Eliot
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Eliot Kimber, Owner
Contrext, LLC
http://contrext.com
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Subject: [xsl] Xpath vs xslt vs jaxb within java context
Dear all,
I work in a java development environment where I am often challenged about
what us the right technology to use.
hould I use jaxb on the xml and get the information that I want using the
java objects ...
## should I use xpath API to get the information that I want
## should I call in an xslt file for getting what I want ?
Are there any guidelines on when to use what ? What are best practices ..
what are the arguments for and against these approaches ? All your
experiences will count for me .. any information on performances ,
efficiency etc is what I am looking for ..
Thanks.
Dak
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